An-Naml
27:48

An-Naml · Ayah 48

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Translation

And were

Word Breakdown

وَكَانَ

And were

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

كانFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootكون
Very common

to be, exist, happen

Lemmaكَانَ

Verb (form I) - to be

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَكَانَ (And were) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَكَانَ (And were) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

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